Forest green

#048900

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for forest green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Forest green sits in the green range, deep and vivid. Deep greens like this read established and premium. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Forest green color values

Every conversion for #048900, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#048900

RGB4, 137, 0

HSL118, 100%, 27%

HSV118, 100%, 54%

CMYK97%, 0%, 100%, 46%

Lab49.4, -54.02, 52.45

XYZ9.0, 17.92, 2.98

Decimal297216

Web safe#009900

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#047e00 #037400 #036900 #035e00 #025400 #024900 #023f00 #023400 #012900 #011f00

Tints of forest green

#05ad00 #06d000 #07f400 #1fff18 #41ff3c #64ff5f #86ff83 #a9ffa6 #cbffca #eeffed

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#850089 Analogous#488900 Analogous#008941 Triadic#000489 Triadic#890004 Split complementary#400089 Split complementary#890049

Forest green in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 97, 0, 100, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #048900 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

97 0 100 46

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

93 4 96 52

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Forest green in css

Copy #048900 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #048900; }
.text { color: #048900; }
.border { border: 2px solid #048900; }

How forest green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Forest green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #048900 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #048900 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Forest green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #048900 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around forest green? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn forest green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #048900 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from forest green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #048900 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.